Youssouf Koné (footballer, born 1995)

Youssouf Koné
Personal information
Full name Youssouf Koné
Date of birth (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Lille
Number 3
Youth career
2014 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Lille B 50 (1)
2014– Lille 5 (0)
2017–2018 → Reims (loan) 18 (1)
National team‡
2015– Mali 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:52, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:06, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Youssouf Koné (born 5 July 1995) is a Malian footballer who plays for French side Lille OSC as a left-back.[1]

Club career

Koné is a youth team graduate from Lille OSC. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 2 March 2014 in a 2–3 away win against AC Ajaccio.[2] His second appearance came on 12 April 2014, a league game against Valenciennes.[3]

Koné spent the first half of the 2017–18 season at Ligue 2 side Stade de Reims on loan. The full-season loan contract was terminated early when he suffered a cruciate ligament injury.[4]

International career

Koné debuted for the Mali national football team in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Benin on 6 September 2016.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Mali - Y. Koné - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Ajaccio vs. Lille - 2 March 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  3. ↑ "Lille vs. Valenciennes - 12 April 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  4. ↑ "Youssouf Koné, prêté à Reims, revient à Lille… blessé" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
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